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A man wearing a blue surgical cap sits at a table and smiles at the camera as he lifts a plastic utensil and has a to-go box of food in front of him.

Volunteering & Giving

Feeding health care workers and supporting small businesses

Feeding health care workers and supporting small businesses

Wells Fargo provided a $10,000 grant to national nonprofit Big Sunday, enabling it to purchase meals from local restaurants to feed hospital employees in California.

Sewing supplies, including a pin cushion, scissors, measuring tape, thread, pattern, fabric, and coffee filter, are spread out on a green gridded cutting mat.

Volunteering & Giving

Supporting essential workers with needle and thread

Supporting essential workers with needle and thread

Some Wells Fargo employees are putting in long hours away from work making protective face coverings to support health care workers and others in their local communities.

A collection of images of people wearing homemade face coverings and piles of other homemade face masks. A graphic on the image says COVID-19 update.

Inside the Stagecoach

Making face masks for others: ‘A way to feel connected while we stay apart’

Making face masks for others: ‘A way to feel connected while we stay apart’

Following CDC recommendations to wear face coverings, Wells Fargo employees are getting creative with materials around the house.

Volunteering & Giving

Wells Fargo donates up to $6.25 million for coronavirus (COVID-19) response

Wells Fargo donates up to $6.25 million for coronavirus (COVID-19) response

The money will support relief efforts by the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control, the International Medical Corps., and local communities.

Black-and-white portrait of young Florence Scott in graduation cap and gown is paired with a medical symbol.

History

She couldn’t vote, but she could heal

She couldn’t vote, but she could heal

When Florence Scott graduated in 1896, she couldn’t vote, but she could practice medicine. And so she did. She also made history as Wells Fargo’s first company doctor.

A 1991 photo of a large crowd of people gathered outside under a banner that reads AIDS Walk San Francisco.

History

When AIDS crisis hit home, these coworkers stepped up

When AIDS crisis hit home, these coworkers stepped up

A Wells Fargo team member stepped in to lead Shanti Project, a valuable community organization that helped San Franciscans respond to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s.

Spectators stand on a hillside and line the rails of white-topped tents overlooking the action of the Wells Fargo Championship. Two large trees stand in front of the green base of the tents that display the words “Wells Fargo” in white letters.

Inside the Stagecoach

Golfing to fund pediatric cancer research

Golfing to fund pediatric cancer research

A new pediatric cancer research lab at Levine Children’s Hospital is among the Wells Fargo Championship’s lasting contributions to the Carolinas.

The outside of entrance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital.

Volunteering & Giving

Providing more health providers in South Los Angeles

Providing more health providers in South Los Angeles

A new community medical group, supported by a $1 million grant from Wells Fargo, aims to help the “health care desert” in South Los Angeles.

Chew GW Chew is wearing a grey shirt, green hat, and smiling at the camera inside his Veg Hub restaurant in Oakland, California. Patrons can be seen sitting at tables in the background.

Vegan soul food: Improving health “one chew at a time”

Vegan soul food: Improving health “one chew at a time”

Chef GW Chew’s plant-based meat substitutes are going from restaurant to supermarket with support from a Wells Fargo diverse small business program.

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